Magazine date:
Jan 2004 Breakdown of technical and accidental catastrophes
(1975-2002)
The 20 most fatal technical and accidental catastrophes
(1975 - 2002)
| Country | Location | Nature | Date | Victims | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deceased | Injured | |||||
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | Mecca | Jostling of pilgrims in a tunnel | 03/07/1990 | 1 426 | NA |
| 2 | Iraq | Al-Hillah | Explosion into a military area | 17/08/1989 | 700 | NA |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | Mecca | Fire | 22/04/1997 | 343 | 1 500 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Crash of a Saudi Airlines plane | 19/08/1980 | 301 | 0 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | Djedda | Crash of canadian Nationair plane | 12/07/1991 | 261 | 0 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | Mecca | Jostling of pilgrims | 23/05/1994 | 182 | NA |
| 7 | Yemen | NA | Shipwreck | 31/03/1998 | 180 | NA |
| 8 | Bahrain | Manama | Crash of Gulf Air A320-200 plane | 23/08/2000 | 143 | NA |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | NA | Fire | 01/12/1975 | 138 | NA |
| 10 | Yemen | Red Sea | Cargo sank | 18/08/1995 | 131 | 0 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | Mina, Mecca | Jostling of pilgrims | 09/04/1998 | 118 | 2 250 |
| 12 | U.A.E. | Near Abu Dhabi | Crash of Gulf Air 737-200 plane | 23/09/1983 | 112 | 0 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | Ra's Al-Mish'Ab | Crash of a military plane | 21/03/1991 | 98 | NA |
| 14 | Yemen | Aden | Shipwreck | 22/06/1992 | 90 | 0 |
| 15 | U.A.E. | Sharjah | Crash of a Tajik airlines plane | 15/12/1997 | 85 | 1 |
| 16 | Iraq | Chamchamal | Collision between trucks | 01/11/1995 | 73 | NA |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | Ar'ar | Plane crash after hijackers attack | 25/12/1986 | 67 | 0 |
| 18 | Iraq | Baghdad | Fire in cinema | 14/08/1980 | 59 | NA |
| 19 | Yemen | NA | Plane crash in the sahara | 14/07/1992 | 57 | 0 |
| 20 | Jordan | Aqaba (South) | Skid of a bus | 14/12/2001 | 52 | NA |
Breakdown of natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975-2002)
The 20 most fatal natural disasters (including epidemics)
(1975 - 2002)
| Country | Location | Nature | Date | Victims | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deceased | Injured | Homeless | |||||
| 1 | Yemen | Dhamar | Earthquake | 13/12/1982 | 1 507 | 1 500 | NA |
| 2 | Yemen | Nationwide | Flood | 29/03/1982 | 482 | NA | 50 000 |
| 3 | Yemen | widespread | Flood | 13/06/1996 | 338 | 0 | 114 210 |
| 4 | Bahrain | widespread | Cholera | 01/08/1978 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Oman | Southern coast | Storm | 01/05/1977 | 105 | 48 | NA |
| 6 | Syria | widespread | Cholera | 01/07/1977 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | Jizan, Asir | Arbovirus | 11/09/2000 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Yemen | Wadi Mawr, Al-Zouhra | Arbovirus | 10/09/2000 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Syrie | Alep | Landslide | 02/10/2002 | 80 | 23 | NA |
| 10 | Yemen | South of Sana'a | Flood | 01/08/1998 | 67 | NA | NA |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | NA | Meningitis | 01/03/2000 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yemen | Sana'a | Flood | 24/08/1975 | 52 | NA | NA |
| 13 | Yemen | NA | Flood | 06/04/1989 | 38 | NA | 150 000 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | NA | Meningitis | 09/02/2001 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | North west | Flood | 24/12/1985 | 32 | NA | 5 000 |
| 16 | Yemen | Lahej, Abyan, Aden | Flood | 05/02/1993 | 31 | NA | 12 500 |
| 17 | Yemen | Omrane, Hadramout, Saada, Hudayda | Flood | 29/07/2001 | 31 | NA | NA |
| 18 | Yemen | Taëz, Houdaida, Hadramout | Flood | 30/08/2002 | 28 | NA | NA |
| 19 | Syria | Deir Ezzor, Daraa | Sandstorm | 21/02/2001 | 27 | 172 | 0 |
| 20 | Oman | NA | Storm | 08/05/1981 | 26 | NA | NA |
Events listed per year between 1975 and 2002
Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database www.cred.be/emdat - Université Catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium According to CRED, an event is reported when it fulfils one of the following conditions · 10 deceased or more
· At least 100 persons affected
· call to international assistance
· declaration of a state of emergency
